Fashion week loves nothing more than a debut, and the industry witnessed an impressive one on Saturday morning when Louis Trotter showed her first collection for Carven.

France’s culture ministry honored Giambattista Valli Friday night by awarding the Italian designer with the Chevalier des Arts et Lettres. He returned the compliment with a first-rate runway show in Paris. 

Victoria Beckham staged her latest show inside a fashion temple – Karl Lagerfeld’s old home in Saint Germain – and the result was the British designer’s best collection to date.

In its pursuit of a major cost-saving and fund-building strategy, John Lewis Partnership is understood to be in talks about raising as much as £150 million from a sale and leaseback of 12 Waitrose supermarkets.

We’re used to hearing about sports giants releasing kits for major teams. But less so about designer link-ups on top. But now comes Stella McCartney, Adidas and Arsenal.

How much has the popular Liverpool One mall contributed to the city’s successful regeneration? Operator Grosvenor has put together some impressive numbers to show that retail ventures aren't just money-making machines.

​Forecasts around key seasonal spending — especially Christmas — can be wide of the mark, but regardless of how the Golden Quarter eventually turns out, the predictions at present are gloomy for the UK.

Fashion and art have long had strong links but this year — and the new AW23 season in particular — has seen the industry doubling down on its art links.

​Manchester-based fashion wholesale group Whispering Smith has reported declining sales and a loss in its accounts that it had filed for the year to the end of March.

Fabletics has been targeting the UK strongly in recent periods and as the next step, it’s leveraging its UK D2C success and moving into European B2B, naming Thomas Fröhlke as its new Vice-President Wholesale Europe. 

Christian Cowan showed in Paris for the first time last night at the American Cathedral. Party girl aesthetic was au rendez-vous, and the show included a Sam Smith performance and a giant faux fur ball worn as a dress. 

Amazon has won court backing for now in its fight against EU tech rules that label it as a very large online platform required to provide authorities access to its ad repositories to see how ads are targeted.

A real sense of event at Schiaparelli, as the brand staged its latest collection on Thursday night inside the beautiful Italian embassy on rue de Varenne in Paris.

All sorts of excitement outside Givenchy’s show, as thousands of K Pop fans mille around. But a faintly funereal air inside, with lots of black clothes ideal for a mortuary.

Rabanne, without the Paco, staged its latest collection amid much excitement Thursday morning at Palais de Tokyo, as the street photographers had a mad feeding frenzy both on the way in and out.

Olivier Rousteing continues to work with Balmain’s heritage, including iconic motifs from the 1940s and 50s, like polka dots and above all roses.